Libre circulation, contrôles aux frontières et citoyenneté

Abstract

The combination of globalization and European integration seemed to have outmoded the concept of border. Yet, the notions of borders and territories have gained new salience in recent years. Borders are currently at the very heart of the European integration process. The removal of internal border controls (those between the Member States) and the strengthening of controls at the external borders (those between the Member States and third countries) are simultaneously considered as sources of the EU’s political legitimation. Starting from an analysis of the issues arising from the implementation of free movement of persons within the EU, the article shows that thinking about borders in contemporary Europe supposes to embrace both the postmodern phenomena of deterritorialization in a globalized word and the typically modern phenomena of territorialization of political authority.

Keywords

• free movement of persons
• border controls
• migration
• European citizenship